Saturday 4 February 2012

Israel and Iran: Mutual threats


Israel threatens Iranian nuclear facilities with military strike
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon has threatened Tehran with a military strike against its nuclear facilities in an attempt to force the country to abandon its peaceful nuclear energy program.



3 February, 2012

Speaking at the 2012 Herzliya Conference on Thursday, the Israeli official claimed that Iran's nuclear facilities are “within striking distance” and added, “any facility defended by a human being can be penetrated." 

This comes as earlier this month the US confessed it lacked the ability to destroy fortified nuclear facilities in Iran. 

The United States, Israel, and some of their allies accuse Tehran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear program. Washington and Tel Aviv have repeatedly threatened Tehran with the "option" of a military strike against its atomic facilities. 

Meanwhile, the UN Security Council -- under pressure from Washington and Tel Aviv -- has imposed four rounds of sanctions against Iran. The United States and the European Union have also adopted unilateral measures against the Islamic Republic in an effort to deter Western investment in Iran's energy sector. 

Iran argues that as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), it has every right to develop and acquire nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. 

Ya'alon further stressed that Tel Aviv “must convince China, Russia and Turkey” to withdraw their support for Tehran over the US-engineered bans on Iran's energy and banking sector. 

On December 31, 2011, US President Barack Obama signed into law new sanctions which seek to punish countries importing Iran's oil or doing transaction with the country's central bank. 

In their latest meeting in Brussels on January 23, EU foreign ministers also imposed new sanctions on Iran which include a ban on purchasing oil from the country, a freeze on the assets of Iran's Central Bank within the EU, and a ban on the sale of diamonds, gold and other precious metals to Iran. 
Iran Supreme Leader: U.S., Israel will suffer for threats on nuclear program
In televised address, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says has no fear of saying that Iran would support any 'nation or group that wants to confront and fight against the Zionist regime.'

3 February, 2012

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday the Islamic Republic would not yield to international pressure to abandon its nuclear course, threatening retaliation for sanctions aimed at Iran's oil exports.

"Threatening Iran and attacking Iran will harm America....  Sanctions will not have any impact on our determination to continue our nuclear course.... In response to threats of oil embargo and war, we have our own threats to impose at the right time," Khamenei told worshippers in a speech broadcast live on state television.

The official Iranian news agency IRNA quoted Iran's Supreme Leader as saying that war threats would "disfavor the US itself; the war would be ten times against interests of the US itself,” said the Supreme Leader.

"I have no fear of saying that we will back and help any nation or group that wants to confront and fight against the Zionist regime [Israel]."

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